Good Practice

Briefing a new executive on trade compliance: 5 takeaways

Issue 31.
March 2023

Author
Matt Silverman
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Matt Silverman, JD, LLM is an international trade attorney in Irving, Texas. He is the author of The Champions Network: A Blueprint to Expand Your Influence and Spread Big Ideas in Any Organization (Ignite Press 2023). matt@blueprintorg.com

If you’ve been asked to give a new executive at your company a briefing on trade compliance, two things are likely true. First, you probably won’t be given a lot of time to do so. And second, that executive may have little to no understanding of trade compliance.
Many years ago, I was introduced to a high-level executive at a former company where I worked. I used my brief time in front of him by beginning to explain the intricacies of the EAR. He stopped me about a minute in with a simple questi...

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